This month we are joining members of the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) in sharing reading lists of university press publications that contribute to understanding the topic of immigration. Are you interested in exploring issues of how and why people immigrate, the obstacles immigrants might face, and how immigration has changed over time? We invite you to explore ten of our titles relating to immigration and immigrant communities in Florida and beyond.
Telling Migrant Stories: Latin American Diaspora in Documentary Film
Edited by Esteban E. Loustaunau and Lauren E. Shaw
Telling Migrant Stories explores how contemporary documentary film gives voice to Latin American immigrants whose stories would not otherwise be heard. This volume features essays that consider the documentary as a medium for immigrants to share their thoughts and experiences, and includes interviews with documentary filmmakers.
Documenting the Undocumented: Latino/a Narratives and Social Justice in the Era of Operation Gatekeeper
Marta Caminero-Santangelo
Looking at the work of Cristina García, Julia Alvarez, and other Latino/a authors, Marta Caminero-Santangelo examines how writers who are US citizens are increasingly expressing their solidarity with undocumented immigrants and foregrounding the narratives of migrants themselves.
Home in Florida: Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness
Edited by Anjanette Delgado
This award-winning collection presents a selection of the best literature of displacement and uprootedness by some of the most talented contemporary Latinx writers who have called Florida home, including Richard Blanco, Jaquira Díaz, Patricia Engel, and many others.
The Mariel Boatlift: A Cuban-American Journey
Victor Andres Triay
Set against the sweeping backdrop of one of the most dramatic refugee crises of the twentieth century, The Mariel Boatlift presents the stories of Cuban immigrants to the United States who overcame frightening circumstances to build new lives for themselves and flourish in their adopted country.
Yamato Colony: The Pioneers Who Brought Japan to Florida
Ryusuke Kawai
Translated by John Gregersen and Reiko Nishioka
Opening a window onto the little-known Japanese-American heritage of Florida, Yamato Colony is the true tale of a daring immigrant venture that left behind an important legacy. Ryusuke Kawai tells how a Japanese farming settlement came to be in south Florida, far from other Japanese communities in the United States.
Detain and Punish: Haitian Refugees and the Rise of the World’s Largest Immigration Detention System
Carl Lindskoog
Immigrants make up the largest proportion of federal prisoners in the United States, incarcerated in a vast network of more than two hundred detention facilities. Detain and Punish reveals why immigration detention was reinstituted in 1981 after being halted for several decades and how the system expanded to become the world’s largest immigration detention regime.
Entangling Migration History: Borderlands and Transnationalism in the United States and Canada
Edited by Benjamin Bryce and Alexander Freund
For almost two centuries North America has been a major destination for international migrants, but from the late nineteenth century onward, governments began to regulate borders, set immigration quotas, and define categories of citizenship. This volume emphasizes the value of tracking connections over large spaces and political boundaries, presenting rich new scholarship.
Migrants and Political Change in Latin America
Luis F. Jiménez
This book reveals how migrants shape the politics of their countries of origin, drawing on research from Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador and their diasporas. Luis Jiménez discusses the political changes that result when migrants return to their native countries in person and also when they send back new ideas and funds—social and economic “remittances”—through transnational networks.
An Archaeology of Asian Transnationalism
Douglas E. Ross
In this groundbreaking comparative archaeological study of Asian immigrants in North America, Douglas Ross excavates the material remains of the Ewen Cannery in British Columbia to explore how its immigrant workers formed new cultural identities in the face of dramatic displacement.
The Archaeology of Citizenship
Stacey Lynn Camp
While the subject of citizenship has often been examined from a sociological, historical, or legal perspective, historical archaeologists have yet to fully explore the material aspects of these social boundaries. The Archaeology of Citizenship uses the material record to explore the meaning of US citizenship.
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